Taiwan leader ”to meet China”s President Xi Jinping”

Taiwan says its President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday. It would be the first meeting between leaders of the two countries. A Taiwanese spokesman told the BBC the men would discuss relations across the Taiwan Straits. There was no immediate word from China. China has claimed sovereignty […]

Taiwan says its President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday.
It would be the first meeting between leaders of the two countries.
A Taiwanese spokesman told the BBC the men would discuss relations across the Taiwan Straits. There was no immediate word from China.
China has claimed sovereignty over Taiwan since 1949, when the Nationalist government fled to the island after defeat by the Communists.
The Chinese government claims Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and threatens to counter any move to outright independence by military force.